Schools Health and Safety Compliance Check - duplicate

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

Previous inspection

• Has there been any enforcement intervention from either the HSE or the Local Authority?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Does school have a monitoring system such as an in house audit to ensure safety standards?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the school have 3rd party auditing to ensure a non bias audit is carried out?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Health and Safety Management

• Is there a current Health and Safety Policy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the safety policy detail organisational arrangements and responsibilities adequately?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have responsibilities been formalised?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a formal responsible Person?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the school have a competent person or a formal contract with a consultancy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the school hold formal safety committee meetings?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Statutory Inspections and Required Formal Documentation

• Fire Risk Assessment Available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 Yearly fixed installation electrical safety certificate available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• PAT testing has been done within last 18 months?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all LOLER examinations up to date? And have all recommendations been actioned?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have any pressure systems been inspected and all recommendations actioned?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Asbestos Survey has been carried out for the site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has racking been inspected in the last year?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Fire Alarm has been inspected in last year?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Emergency lighting has been inspected within last 6 months?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have latch ways, anchor points etc, been tested in last year?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Fire Extinguishers have been inspected within the last year?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Fire drills carried out at least twice a year?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Gas Safety Certificate is available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Risk Assessment and Control Measures

• Risk Assessments are Suitable and sufficient?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Adequate Control Measures are in place? Have the control measures been trained out?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Training

• Is the provision of training adequate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Accident Reporting and Investigation.

• Are systems for reporting and investigating accidents adequate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the school aware of its responsibilities regarding RIDDOR reporting?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are return to work interviews carried out with staff?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

First Aid Provision.

• Is the provision of first aid adequate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Maintenance and Control of Contractors

• Are procedures for the control of contractors adequate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Manual Handling

• Is manual handling at the site suitably controlled?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Fire Safety

• Is there a fire safety policy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the fire risk assessment suitable and sufficient?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the school have fire marshals?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Evacuation plan displayed and understood by all employees?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Evacuation procedures practiced by form of a fire drill at least 2 times a year?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Extinguishers in place, clearly marked for type of fire?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Extinguishers recently serviced? (Check annual check sheet)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Extinguishers clear of obstructions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Extinguishers are mounted and clearly signed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Call points are posted at every exit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Adequate direction notices for fire exits?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are flammable stored correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are flammable store cupboards clearly signed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If there is fuel on site is this risk assessed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do fire exits open in the direction of travel?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there adequate fire signage?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are muster points clearly marked?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Exit doors easily opened from inside?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there adequate fire action notices posted on exits?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Exits clear of obstructions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Fire routes clear?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Fire alarm system functioning correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has a legionella assessment been carried out?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

General Lighting

• Provision of lighting is adequate, internal and external?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Emergency exit lighting operable?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Site Safety

• All physical attributes of the site are safe?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Equipment, Machinery and Plant

• Is there a Safe Use of Equipment Policy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has machinery and plant been risk assessed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are Safe Systems of Work/Method Statements in place for machinery?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there pre use checks of machinery?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is machinery adequately maintained and inspected? Is there a PPM (Planned and Preventative Maintenance schedule?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there an authorised user list?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Operators trained/inducted into the operation of the machines?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the training recorded?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do operators comply with the training?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the floors around the machines kept clean?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Guards in good condition?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Starting and stopping devices within easy reach of operator?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Adequate work space?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is lighting adequate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Noise levels controlled?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• No bending or stooping required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are gas bottles secured?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Any other matters?

Play Equipment, including swimming pools

• Has play equipment been suitably risk assessed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is play equipment inspected by a competent person?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the school have a policy on teachers bringing toys and equipment into school for pupils to use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Electrical Safety

• Is there an electrical safety policy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there an electrical safety risk assessment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are systems adequate for controlling the risks from electrics?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

COSHH

• Is there a control of substances hazardous to health policy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Hazardous Substance Register complete and available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Material Safety Data Sheets available for all chemicals?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Risk assessments completed for hazardous substances?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are provisions for managing COSHH adequate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

PPE

• Has a PPE assessments been carried out?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the provision of PPE adequate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Work at Height

• Is there a work at height policy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are ladders in a good condition, locked away, and entered onto a ladder log?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a Work at Height risk assessment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the provision for managing the risks posed by work at height suitable and sufficient?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Office and Classroom Hazards

• Are offices and classrooms set up so that they are safe?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Display Screen Equipment

• Have display screen assessments been carried out for all users, as defined by the DSE Regulations?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are workstations set up so that they conform to the regulations?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Any other matters?

Lessons

• Are lessons properly planned?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If science lessons are carried out, is the school a member of CLEAPPS?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are school trips suitably risk assessed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Workplace transport

• Is the risk from workplace transport managed effectively?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Remote Working

• Are remote workers adequately supervised?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are remote workers adequately trained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the risk assessments with regards to remote working suitable and sufficient?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If there is lone working is there a suitable and sufficient risk assessment regarding this?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the control measures with regards to lone working adequate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Food Hygiene

• Does the school carry out food hygiene auditing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are food allergies controlled?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are food preparation staff trained to at least Food Hygiene Level 2?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Health Monitoring?

• If required is the health monitoring of staff effectively managed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are staff aware of what actions to take in the event of a communicable disease?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Noise

• Is there a noise assessment for the site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is noise suitably managed through isolation, location, maintenance and PPE provision?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Protection of children

• Are staff CRB checked?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the school secure?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are children protected from escape, dangerous areas and traffic?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the site secure?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Asbestos

• Is there an up to date asbestos survey for the site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have all the recommendations from the survey been carried out?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Any other outstanding issues?

• Other outstanding issues that need to be addressed?

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